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qwen3.6-plus API pricing, specs and examples · CheaperInference

Provider: Alibaba
Model ID: qwen3.6-plus
Type: Text generation
Endpoints: /v1/chat/completions, /v1/responses, /v1/messages
Input: image, pdf, text
Output: text
Vision input: Supported
Image editing: Not supported
Video input: Not supported
Reasoning: Supported
Streaming: Supported
Context window: 1,000,000 tokens
Maximum output: 64,000 tokens

POST /v1/chat/completions

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/chat/completions \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "model": "qwen3.6-plus",    "messages": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "max_tokens": 64  }'

POST /v1/responses

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/responses \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "input": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "model": "qwen3.6-plus",    "store": false,    "max_output_tokens": 256  }'

POST /v1/messages

curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/messages \  -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "model": "qwen3.6-plus",    "messages": [      {        "role": "user",        "content": "Reply with the single word OK."      }    ],    "max_tokens": 1024  }'

Workloads to evaluate

Evaluate summarization, drafting, and question answering with examples from your own application.
Include image-based questions when your request uses a supported image input format.
Test tool calls against your application's actual function schemas before connecting actions.
Compare the available reasoning settings on tasks where additional deliberation is useful.

Limits and tradeoffs

Requests above 255,999 input tokens may use a different price tier; the pricing section lists that tier separately.
Reported capabilities and production speed measurements describe access and observed traffic; task quality still needs an evaluation with your own examples.

Capability source · checked 2026-10-26

$0.813215 estimated at displayed rates

1,000,000 ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.325286 + 250,000 ÷ 1,000,000 × $1.951714

The same billed quantities at the listed reference rates: $1.25.

Uses uncached input at the displayed standard rates, with no extra modalities or tools. Billed output includes any charged reasoning tokens. Actual token counts, price tiers, and marketplace prices can change the total.

Price quote effective Nov 1, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.

Current model pricing and context compared with related models
Model	Current pricing	Context limit	Image input listed
qwen3.6-plus (this model)Alibaba	$0.325286 input / $1.951714 output per 1M tokens	1,000,000 tokens	Yes
qwen3.5-plusAlibaba	$0.26 input / $1.56 output per 1M tokens	1,000,000 tokens	Yes
qwen3.7-flashAlibaba	$0.0255 input / $0.1105 output per 1M tokens	1,000,000 tokens	Yes
qwen3.7-plusAlibaba

POST /v1/chat/completions

Field	Values
reasoning.exclude
max_tokens
reasoning	effort: none, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, max; max_tokens: 1 to 131072 tokens; enabled: true or false
stop
temperature
tool_choice
tools

POST /v1/messages

Field	Values
max_tokens
thinking	type: enabled with budget_tokens (1 to 131072 tokens); output_config.effort: none, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, max
stop_sequences
temperature
tool_choice
tools

POST /v1/responses

Field	Values
max_output_tokens
reasoning	effort: none, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, max
temperature
tool_choice
tools

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